lecky

L1E1C3K5Y4
/ˈlɛki/

noun

Electricity.

“The lecky’s gone off again.”

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Meanings

lecky1

nounlecky (countable and uncountable, plural leckies)

plural leckies · alternative leccy · alternative lekky

  1. UKslanguncountableElectricity.

    The lecky’s gone off again.

    2 more examples

    He pressed a button on my door. ‘Look.’ The window slid down silently. / ‘Lecky windows, eh? Posh!’

    1982, James MacVeigh, “Mostly Malcolm”, in Gaskin, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 114

    Richard soon got the lekky on but we weren't allowed to put the lights on in case someone saw us.

    1998, Melvin Burgess, Junk
  2. AustraliacountableslangAn electrician.

Lecky2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

Diminutive form of electricity.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lecky

techietechyBeckireccetrekkiebreakychequydreckyeckyfleckyJekkiepeckyspeckywrecky
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Anagrams

Kelcy
Cite this entry
APA

lecky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecky

MLA

“lecky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lecky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecky.

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